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Wholesalers are the middlemen between the manufacturers and
retailers. They mediate between other wholesalers and retailers as well.
They buy products from producers and sell them to retailers. In most of
the cases they avoid dealing directly with end users. Their functions
include negotiating prices with manufacturers, promoting the business,
handling the products, processing inventory and data, pricing, budgeting
and financing and assisting the clients in marketing.
Though the
wholesalers can be eliminated, their functions must be taken care of by
some other body like producer or the customer or another mediator. Very
few manufacturers will have time to concentrate on such marketing
activities and they cannot sell piece by piece according to the end
user's requirement. Eventually the consumers will not require products
in bulk as well. There must be someone to purchase in bulk from the
manufacturers and sell them piece by piece to the end use

If you have an in on the market, you can be incredibly successful importing Chinese products into North America or around the world; however, China is hard! Language, different business practices, and the sheer volume of manufacturers means you need to go into China with a plan if you want to have a leg up on the massive competition, and to actually take advantage of the low prices on goods. We will focus on electronics and mobile accessories in this article; one of the biggest current exports for small businesses.
Steps
1 Choose the right product(s). This can't be emphasized enough. The general rule is if you don't know a good deal about an industry outside of China you will never be able to make sense of it, or make good business decisions when jumping into China to find suppliers. Don't go into China just looking to take advantage of some mythical pot of export gold. Go because you know what product you wan

A water bottle is more than a water bottle. You're going to find
that sure, they all do the same thing where you can drink from them, but
did you know that there are a lot more options?
Some of those
options are going to include the following and many people skip over
these options. If you're type that fills up their water bottle on a
daily basis for work or something else, you may want to consider the
other options that are listed down below.
BPA Free - Make sure that you get a BPA free bottle.
BPA is the chemical found in plastics. If it is BPA, the company will
note it on the front of the bottle packaging.
Ice Included - You can even get ice sticks in your
bottle now. These will simply hang from your cap and you will freeze it.
This is going to keep your liquids cold for a lot longer.
Insulation - Don't you hate it when your drink gets
really cold? When you have an insulated bottle, you're going to

Who needs self promotional products? Anyone that is selling or promoting anything.
What most self-promoters need is a way to keep their name and contact info in front of their prospects or "suspects"; in short they need a message that keeps on messaging.
We all have received promotions in the mail, by visiting salesfolk or at trade shows. At most trade shows, some businesses even give out custom bags so attendees have a place to put all their promo stuff; a promo bag to hold all those promo handouts.
Why do businesses bother with promotional materials? The simple reason is they work by spreading messages, themes and images and keeping those messages in front of those that have been targeted.
Let's say you are a plumber that gives out magnetic business cards so folks can stick them on their refrigerators. Most plumbers have their business name and contact info on their trucks.
A self promotional plumber may also have his magnetic business cards stuck on

As a business owner or corporate gift buyer you know how hard it
can be to find just the right promotional items or business gifts. Do a
search on Google and you have literally millions of choices staring you
in the face. It's hard to find the best deal on the best item. But all
that's about to change.
I worked in the industry for years and I
can tell you that there's a lot of money "left on the table" when you're
looking at higher end products and plenty of "overstock" options when
looking for the good old cheap promotional items like pens and key
chains.
For this article I'll focus on corporate gifts and
business promotional items. More specifically let's look at those that
can be laser engraved since these often carry a higher perceived value
by the recipients (when fine woods are engraved, etc.) The first thing
you want to do is get some inside information on what the promotional
company is paying for a product versus what it charg